I finally saw the movie Ted last night, which I was thoroughly disappointed in through no fault of the film maker's. It was my own fault for expecting anything more than a two-hour, live action episode of Family Guy, which is exactly what it is. Some pretty fucking hilarious scenes, such as...
..and some scenes that should've been dramatically shortened or cut altogether. I'm no filmmaker, and kudos to the ladies and gentlemen out there in Hollywoodland for making our dreams a quasi-reality, but I'll be god damned if there isn't a plethora of shitty TV and movies out there. Not to say Ted was shitty, but I wanted so much more. Mila Kunis was hot, but a fucking bitch, so that kinda ruined things for me, too. Marky Mark was his typical Bostonian pussy character, so not much going on there. And Ted (voiced by Seth McFarlane) sounded like.... wait for it... pretty much every fucking character in Family Guy. They even had the dude who voices Joe in it, but he wasn't in a wheelchair, so it was hard to recognize him.
Any who, Christmas is right around the corner. While I'm more in the spirit of the holidays than I have been in years past (ie I don't loathe Christmas music as much, I'm actually enjoying the lights and decorations everyone has swathed their homes and offices in, etc. etc.), I still think the whole thing is a fucking sham. People spend minutes/days/hours/months trying to find that perfect gifts for the people on their lists, wracking their brains and causing really dumb amounts of undue stress on themselves. I get the whole "if you really knew me, you wouldn't have to think about it so much" mentality, but that mentality has the effect of making the decision process that much more stressful. Personally, I'd prefer everyone to just keep their money, by themselves something sweet, and send me a thank you card for not having to buy me something. I, in turn, will do the same thing, and buy myself some beers and maybe that sweet glass dragon pipe at the Deli Llama, and say, "thank you, one and all!" See? Much simpler and everyone gets exactly what they want/need. No one ends up with dumb pink rabbit pajamas.
Though, in fairness, they look pretty damn warm. Ungrateful little shit.
Later fuck faces.
